NARUC Finds Few Commissions With Intervenor Compensation
Illinois and Washington utility commissions are set to join six other states with active intervenor compensation programs this year, NARUC said Tuesday. The report said 16 states have authorized intervenor compensation programs, which aim to reduce financial barriers to intervening…
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by reimbursing parties for the cost of their involvement in regulatory proceedings. Programs are active in California, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon and Wisconsin, and Illinois and Washington are setting them up, NARUC found. Remaining programs in Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, Tennessee and West Virginia “have either never been used or have not been used in recent years,” it said. California’s program pays out the most, awarding up to $15 million yearly, said the report. “They have a backlog of claims as their case load has been increasing since 2017, due to many factors including an increase in rulemaking proceedings that are eligible for intervenor compensation, proceedings with multiple intervenors, and an increase in judges which leads to an increase in decisions.” Three CPUC intervenors interviewed by NARUC “raised several common issues related to California’s intervenor compensation program, including the turnaround time for making determinations and payment on intervenor compensation applications, ability of newer organizations to participate and receive compensation, and administration of the program,” it said.